Royal Irish Constabulary

The Royal Irish Constabulary was the police force of British-ruled Ireland from 1836 to 1922. The RIC consisted of Irish Catholic policemen (75% of the personnel) and Protestant Anglo-Irish/Ulster Scots officers (25% of the personnel), and the RIC's successful policing activities led to Canada modeling its mounted police force after the RIC. In 1922, the RIC was disbanded after the end of the Irish War of Independence, and it was replaced by the Royal Ulster Constabulary in British-ruled Northern Ireland and by the Garda Siochana in Ireland.